Year: 2024 - Page 3 - Massachusetts Peace Action

95 Massachusetts Organizations to Sens. Warren and Markey: Stop Arms to Israel Now

November 13, 2024 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison Update Nov. 14: Sen. Warren has committed to vote for the JRD’s! Let’s keep up the pressure on Sen. Markey! 95 Massachusetts organizations called on Senators Warren and Markey today to cut off weapons that are fueling Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Carried out […]

“I voted” stickers in English and Spanish, Virginia, USA, November 2014. (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) photo.)

My Thoughts on the Election

November 8, 2024 Jania James

by Jania James I found out about the election results around 6:30 in the morning with my roommate by my side, and I was hit with a mix of feelings, mostly disappointment, but not entirely surprise. I had a sense this would be the outcome […]

Trump Won. Peace was a Factor.

November 8, 2024 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey After an unexpected landslide victory Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States and Vice President Kamala Harris won’t. After elections there is always the temptation among the electorate to give up and check out of politics or to […]

Dropping an “Arms Embargo Now” Banner on Nancy Pelosi

November 7, 2024 Katrina Tummino

By Katrina Tummino Our greatest asset in this fight relies on numbers and courage. The October 23 protest at First Church Cambridge required both. Nancy Pelosi arrived on Harvard’s campus to discuss her new book, “The Art of Power.” Her arrival, in my opinion, seemed […]

Jeffrey Parente of Vets for Peace and Mohammed Siddiqui, Randy Wurster, Dan McLaughlin and Kathie Malley-Morrison of MAPA brought the antiwar message to a military recruitment event in Braintree, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. MAPA photo/Randy Wurster

Educating Our Future Service Members on the Genocide in Palestine

October 29, 2024 Randy Wurster

On Sunday October 20th, MAPA activists engaged our next generation on the issue of U.S. complicity in violence during an information session organized by Representative Stephen Lynch in Braintree for local high school students interested in military service. We greeted students and their parents as […]

No War with Iran!

October 25, 2024 Cole Harrison

Following news that Israel is bombing Iran, Iraq, and Syria tonight, Massachusetts Peace Action executive director Brian Garvey released the following statement: “The US should say out of the conflict between Israel and Iran. Israel is bombing Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen — picking a […]

Still from livestream of Worcester city council meeting October 22, 2024 before audio and video were cut off by the city. Image courtesy of Bill Shaner.

Worcester Multi-Faith Activists Demand City Council Ceasefire Resolution

October 23, 2024 Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

By Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Over two hundred multifaith activists shut down Worcester City Council on Tuesday, October 22 after the city administration pulled a pro-Ceasefire resolution in a discriminatory application of procedural rules. The City Council adjourned rather than hear the petition at the meeting […]